Nippon Ham Fighters

...The NPB gave Masataka Nashidaa stern warning for his delay of game that resulted in him being ejected from Sunday's game against the Softbank Hawks.

...The Fighters have filed a complain with the NPB over Tomohiro Nioka being called out on offensive interference in a game against the Softbank Hawks on Sunday. They are trying to get a redo on the game.

Yomiuri Giants

...The NPB announced that they will hold a pro vs college game on November 22nd at the Tokyo Dome to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Central and Pacific Leagues. The pro roster will consist mostly of players 26 years old and under but will have room for a number of special "27 and over" cases.

The pro team will be led by Yakult Swallows manager Shigeru Takada while the college team will be led by Kinki University manager Tamotsu Enomoto.

2 comments on “Around the NPB Horn: Various News and Notes from 8/31/2009”

But Gen, there is no DH in the Central League. They penciled in Saeki as the cleanup 4th batter for the first time in three years. Saeki used to be the cleanup batter for Yokohama for a while until he got ousted by some young hotshot kid named Shuichi Murata in 2007. One of my old old Saeki pins actually has “Hama no yon-ban” as his title… now I think he’s ended up as “Hama no aniki” or even oyaji, perhaps, and my 2008 Murata pin has “hama no yon-ban” :)

Hmmm. And on another note, I find it amusing that Kazumi Saitoh is still technically the senshu-kaicho for the Hawks given that he hasn’t done anything in like, two years. (I’d given up on reading his blog because it was mostly “I’m in Arizona! I’m ganbatteing!”)